The Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG) is pleased to announce the 3rd “Lusofonia Festival Goa”. From February 17 to March 19, 2017 there will be several cultural events such as presentations, films, photography exhibitions, etc. aiming to promote the culture of the Lusophone countries and regions. And… our fest “Feijoada and Samba” with the very traditional Brazilian feijoada completa, Portuguese food, Brazilian drinks, etc.

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3rd Lusofonia Festival Goa 2017
February 17 – March 18

Organized by
LSG – Lusophone Society of Goa
Sociedade Lusófona de Goa

PROGRAMME

February 17 (Friday), 18 (Saturday), 20 (Monday), every day at 6 pm
Contemporary Brazilian Cinema in Panjim (Mostra de Cinema Brasileiro Contemporâneo)
Movies in Portuguese with English subtitles
Lecture Hall, Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim

– February 17 (Friday) 6 pm: A mulher invisível (The Invisible Woman) – Comedy, 2009
– February 18 (Saturday 6 pm: FilmeFobia (FilmPhobia) – Fiction/documentary, 2008
– February 20 (Monday), 6 pm: O filme dos espíritos (The Film of the Spirits) – Drama, 2011
Organized in collaboration with the Brazilian Agência Nacional do Cinema (Ancine) / Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Brazilian Consulate General, Mumbai and the Directorate of Art & Culture Goa.
Entry free

February 18 (Saturday) 5 pm
Rural Tourism, Nature Walks and Backwater Thrills: the Portuguese Experience and the Goan Way
Seminar Room, Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim, Margao

Panel with Mr. João Mota Furtado (Portugal) and Dr. Savio Falleiro (Goa)
Mr. Furtado is a former collaborator of EDIA – Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, SA. The Alqueva Multi-purpose Project is a structural project in the south of Portugal and is considered a key investment in regional development.
Dr. Savio Falleiro is Head of the Department of Economics of Rosary College of Commerce & Arts.

February 21 (Tuesday) 9.30 am to 1 pm
Brazilian Culinary Class
Agnel Institute of Food Craft and Culinary Sciences, Verna

This is a demonstration class conducted by Nilza Pelentir and Fernanda Figueiró. Both ladies are from Brazil. Under the theme “Brazilian Party Food” they will demonstrate how to prepare several recipes which will make your next party a success. One or the other name of a dish might seem familiar to you, but these will be prepared the typical Brazilian way. Here is the list: shrimps and chicken rissoles, cheese balls, savoury cake, salpicão – crunchy chicken salad, three colours vanilla-chocolate pavé, and strawberry mousse. Previous registration required. Please call or email.

March 1 (Wednesday) to 8 (Wednesday)
Exhibition of Goan Newspapers of 1953, related to the visit of Brazilian poet Cecília Meireles to Goa
Inauguration on March 1, 5.30 pm. The exhibition will remain open from March 2 till March 8, from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm, every day including Sunday .
Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim

A special exhibition of Goan newspapers with articles, reports and interviews related to the most famous Brazilian poet Cecília Meireles (1901 – 1964) during her visit to Goa in 1953. Before leaving Goa Cecilia Meireles told the press “Eu levarei Goa para o Brasil dentro do meu coração…” (I will take Goa to Brazil within my heart)
This rare exhibition, organized by the LSG – Lusophone Society of Goa, also throws light on the issues the Goa State was facing at that time.

March 7 (Tuesday) to 9 (Thursday)
Photography exhibition “Macau Cultural Heritage” (Património Cultural de Macau)
In collaboration with the International Institute of Macau (IIM)
Inauguration on March 7 (Tuesday) at 5.30 pm with the presence of a representantative of the International Institute of Macau (IIM). The exhibition will remain open on March 8 and 9, from 9.30 am to 6 pm.
Art Gallery, Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim

The 45 selected photos, recorded by young people and artists from Macau during a contest held in the year 2016, portray the patrimonial legacy of the territory, their cultural traditions and the history of the Sino-Portuguese features.

March 8 (Wednesday), 9 (Thursday) and 10 (Friday), every day at 6 pm
Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (Mostra de Cinema Brasileiro Contemporâneo) in Margao
Movies in Portuguese with English subtitles
Midia Room, Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim, Margao

– March 8 (Wednesday) 6.00 pm: Cilada.com (Trap.com ) – Comedy, 2011
– March 9 (Thursday) 6.00 pm: Raul – O Início, o Fim e o Meio (Raul – The Beginning, the End and the Middle) – Documentary, 2012
– March 10 (Friday), 6.00 pm: Salve Geral (Time of Fear) – Thriller, 2009
Organized in collaboration with the Brazilian Agência Nacional do Cinema (Ancine) / Brazilian Ministry of Culture and the Brazilian Consulate General, Mumbai.
Entry free

March 10 (Friday) to 12 (Sunday)
Photography exhibition “Makonde Tribe – Documentary of the people”
Inauguration with the presence of the author António Cossa (Mozambique) on March 10, 5.30 pm
The exhibition will remain open on March 11 and 12, from 9.30 am to 6 pm.
Art Gallery, Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim

The Makondes are a people from eastern Africa, who live at three plateaus of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania in the province of Cabo Delgado. The hypothesis of their origin is determined from the analyses of written and oral sources and is further reinforced by cultural similarities with the Chewa people, who still inhabit a vast area south and southwest of Lake Nyasa, Malawi and Zambia. The Makonde belonged in ancient times to the huge federation Marave, who had begun their migration to the northeast along the river valley Lugenda at times quite distant.

March 13 (Monday) to 15 (Wednesday)
Photography exhibition “Baucau (East Timor): the land and the people”
The exhibition will remain open on March 13 from 4 to 6 pm and on March 14 and 15, from 9.30 am to 6 pm
Art Gallery, Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim

The current municipality (formerly “district”) of Baucau occupies a large area of the eastern part of East Timor. It is the second city in the country and had, during the Portuguese administration, the designation of “Vila Salazar”.
The amateur “photographer” António Almeida Serra relegated the artistic aspect of the photographs to the background, being fundamental criterion of the photograph’s selection the ability to illustrate both the land and the people as well as buildings which reflect the built heritage of Portuguese origin in this area.
António Almeida Serra loves this region, knowing it relatively well. University Professor (Economics) in Portugal for about 40 years, he has been living in and working with East Timor since it liberated itself from Indonesian Administration, more specifically since 2001.

March 14 (Tuesday) 10 am
Management of Higher Education in Lusophone Countries and in Goa/India. International Seminar
In collaboration with Instituto Camões, Portugal
Seminar Room, Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim

– “Lusofonia and the access to higher education:  a life span /life space perspective”. Prof. Dr. Maria Eduarda Duarte (Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Portugal). FORGES – Associação Fórum da Gestão do Ensino Superior nos Países e Regiões da Língua Portuguesa
– “Higher Education and its Management with special reference to Goa / India”. Prof. Dr. Remy Dias (Dy. Director, Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of Goa)

March 16 (Thursday) to 18 (Saturday)
Photography exhibition “Non-Stop São Paulo”
Photos by Paul Melo e Castro
The exhibition will remain open on March 16 from 4 to 6 pm and on March 17 and 18, from 9.30 am to 6 pm
Art Gallery, Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim

The largest city in the southern hemisphere, São Paulo is unquestionably Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city and the economic powerhouse of the nation. Yet São Paulo is also marked by profound rifts of class, of oppulent upper-class neighbourhoods surrounded by extensive, marginalised slum districts and a city centre that mixes a rich fabric of history with patches of utter decay. A local saying has it that ‘São Paulo não pára” (São Paulo never stops) and even the most fleeting visitor to the city cannot fail to notice the environment shift around him with new faces, new buildings, new angles appearing at a vertiginous rate.
The images presented here reflect a street photographic practice that was not guided by the aims of a focused project, but which allowed itself to be guided by the happenstance of the streets, the chance encounter, the quiet moments, tiny fragments of the non-stop spectacle that is São Paulo.

March 17 (Friday) 5 pm
Inauguration of BCCG – Brazilian Cultural Centre in Goa (Centro Cultural Brasileiro em Goa)
Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim, Margao

Inauguration ceremony of BCCG – Brazilian Cultural Centre in Goa – Centro Cultural Brasileiro em Goa.

Solemn session of Inauguration at Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim, Margão, in the presence of Consul General of Brazil in Mumbai, Ms. Rosimar da Silva Suzano. Reading of messages of the Minister of Culture of Brazil, Dr. Roberto Freire, of Consul General of Brazil in Mumbai, Ms. Rosimar da Silva Suzano, of a group of Brazilian friends of Lusophone Society of Goa, and a letter sent by the Brazilian Ambassador in New-Delhi, Dr. Tovar da Silva Nunes. Consul General of Portugal in Goa Dr. Rui Baceira, director of Fundação Oriente in Goa Dra. Maria Inês Figueira, the director of Instituto Camões in Goa Dr. Delfim Correia da Silva and numerous personalities  were present in the session.

The BCCG – Brazilian Cultural Centre in Goa – Centro Cultural Brasileiro em Goa is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to disseminate the Portuguese language and the Brazilian culture and strengthen the ties between Goa and Brazil in all aspects, including the social and economic ones.

Find here the messages and pictures of the session.

March 18 (Saturday) 10 am
Drawing Competition
Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim

Prize distribution ceremony of a Drawing Competion among students of Rosary College of Commerce & Arts on the theme “Brazil”. Chief guest: Consul General of Brazil in Mumbai Ms. Rosimar da Silva Suzano

March 18 (Saturday) from 8 pm onwards 
Fest “Feijoada & Samba”
Venue: Rosary Parish Hall, Navelim

Enjoy Brazilian food: feijoada brasileira, pão de queijo, vatapá, brigadeiros, bolo de fubá and more. Brazilian drinks: caipirinha, batida. Portuguese food and original Portuguese wines: bolinhos de bacalhau, Port wine, red wine, vinho verde. There will be Goan food, too.

Try dancing Samba with Brazilian and Portuguese  live music by Maryjo and her band.

Entry free. Reasonable prices.

Photo Gallery here

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